Release notes for IBM® Rational® Test Virtualization Server

Tools page

The list of agents changed for a release was updated. Review the Tools page of Rational® Test Control Panel to see each tool and the version that it was last changed.

Stopping stubs when the engine is stopped

You can now stop stubs that are running on an engine in Rational® Test Control Panel when you stop the engine to prevent an autorestart of the stubs after the engine is stopped. See Viewing running agents.

Enhanced display of engine details

The display of the engine summary details is enhanced so that you can view the details of each engine that is running on Rational® Test Control Panel from the Engines tab in the Infrastructure Dashboard without opening the engine cards. The Domain, Environment, Identifier, Process ID, and Number of stubs are displayed in sequence for each engine. However, you can find more details about the engine when you expand the engine cards. See Viewing running agents.

Testing with Db2 on z/OS systems

With the Integration Tester Agent for z/OS, you can now record and virtualize MVS batch and CICS COBOL, PL/I or Db2 programs on z/OS with Rational® Integration Tester. The Integration Tester Agent is dependent on IBM Debugger for z/OS. See Testing with IBM Db2 on z/OS systems.

Supported CICS versions

You can now record and virtualize CICS® Distributed Program Link (DPL) calls with CICS Transaction Server up to version 5.5.

Timing-out the Run Command test step

When you configure the Run Command action in a test, you can now configure a Timeout, which is the period that is allowed for the commands to complete after which the command run is stopped. This option is enabled when the Wait for command execution to finish check box is selected. See The Run Command.

Using custom certificates designated as Certificate Authority

Previously, you could override the signing certificate that was deployed with Rational Integration Rational® Integration Tester HTTP/TCP proxy with any custom certificate. If the certificate was not designated as a Certificate Authority (CA) entity through the Basic Constraints certificate extension, you could start the HTTP/TCP proxy but client applications would usually abort the SSL connection. Also, the HTTP/TCP proxy did not display any error nor was the cause was identifiable.

Now, you must use a certificate that is designated as a CA entity through the Basic Constraint certificate extension. Also, the HTTP/TCP proxy shuts down and logs an error if you attempt to start the proxy with any certificate that is not designated as a Certificate Authority. See Modifying the configuration settings of the HTTP/TCP proxy and Starting and stopping the HTTP/TCP proxy.

Enhanced option in a File Subscribe action

Previously, you could browse and select the required text file and complete the File Name Pattern Override field in a publish-based action. For a subscribe-based action, you had to select the required text file by using the root directory. There was no option available to directly browse and select the required text file. As a result, it was difficult to select the correct path of the required text file.

Now, the Browse option is also enabled for a subscribe-based action. You can directly browse and select the required text file with any associated tags and complete the File Name Pattern Override field in a subscribe-based action. See File messages.

Enhanced Encryption and Signature algorithms fields

When you configure the outbound MIME messages to enable encryption or add digital signatures, you can now enter the Algorithm standard that you want to use instead of selecting it from the list. You can enter the name of the Algorithm in the fields, and a warning is displayed if the entered value does not match the name in the list. See Formatting a message with MIME, S/MIME, DIME, and multipart content.

Recording Istio traffic by using the service FQDN

You can now use the fully qualified domain name of a service in a Kubernetes cluster as the HTTP host when you record HTTP traffic in Istio. See Recording HTTP traffic in Istio.

Normalizing new line characters in SWIFT messages

When you either apply or edit messages that are based on the SWIFT schema, you can now opt to normalize the new line characters in the messages. When the new line characters are normalized, the CRLF characters are included in all lines in the messages. You can also set the preference to enable the normalization as a default setting. See Applying the SWIFT schema to a message.

Warning when performing a project refresh

Previously, when you used the menu option to refresh a project, Rational® Integration Tester discarded all your unsaved changes without any warning and refreshed the project in all open editors.

Now, Rational® Integration Tester alerts you by displaying a warning when you click Project > Refresh, if there are unsaved changes in any of the open editors. You can opt to save all, part, or none of the changed work in open editors before refreshing the state of your project. See Refreshing a project.

Sending message body in a GET request

When you test an HTTP transport in Rational® Integration Tester by using the Publish action and you select the GET method, the message body is now sent as part of the request if one is specified.

JDK 11 support for the Java virtualization agent

The Java virtualization agent is enhanced to support use in applications that run on OpenJDK 11. See Java virtualization agent.

Removed the default port for the CentaSite server

The default port that was preset to connect to the Software AG CentraSite server in Rational® Integration Tester is now removed and you must enter the port that you configured for the CentraSite server to allow Rational® Integration Tester to connect.